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As the Nation unlocks, restaurants and hospitality units will start opening with preventive measures issued by MoHFW | Aware yourself with the detailed list of measures

Given the current COVID-19 outbreak in India, it is important that restaurants and other hospitality units take suitable measures to restrict any

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As India gears to open religious places amidst COVID-19 crisis, here’s a list of preventive measures issued by Health Ministry [Read]

Religious places / places of worship get frequented by large number of people for spiritual solace. To prevent spread of COVID-19 infection,

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Del HC | “No person in Delhi should go hungry by reason of present lockdown”; Food grains & cooked food being provided to both with ration cards or not

Delhi High Court: A Division Bench of D.N. Patel, CJ and Prateek Jalan, J., addressed the concern with regard to providing ration to

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MHA |Relaxation in Visa and Travel restrictions to permit certain categories of Foreign Nationals to come to India

Government of India has considered the matter regarding relaxation of the visa & travel restrictions for certain categories of foreign nationals who

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All HC | Persons, who have completed their quarantine period and have tested negative cannot be further detained in Quarantine Centers against their wishes

Allahabad High Court: A Division Bench of Shashi Kant Gupta, and Saurabh Shyam Shamshery, JJ., asked the State Government to ensure that persons

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EPFO Pensioners to Get Enhanced Pension| Restoration of commuted pension: Historical step for benefit of pensioners under EPS-95

EPFO released  Rs  868 crore pension along with Rs 105 crore arrear on account of restoration of commuted value of pension. On

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Breaking | Lockdown to continue in Containment Zones till 30th June, 2020; Phased reopening of areas outside Containment Zones | Places of worship, Malls, Hotels to re-open?

Ministry of Home Affairs issues new guidelines for phased re-opening of areas outside Containment Zones. The following guidelines shall remain in force

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Bom HC | Over the counter retail liquor sale in Mumbai? Municipal Commissioner of Mumbai to decide

Bombay High Court: A Division Bench of Nitin Jamdar and N.R. Borkar, JJ., while deciding a petition with regard to over the counter

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Utt HC | What arrangements have been made for transportation of stranded migrant workers, and others registered to be brought back to Uttarakhand?| Centre & State to treat the matter with greater urgency

Uttaranchal High Court: A Division Bench of Ramesh Ranganathan, CJ and R.C. Khulbe, J., while recording the plight of migrant workers, stated that,

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Functioning of Delhi HC and Courts subordinate to it shall remain suspended till 14th June, 2020

Functioning of the High Court of Delhi and its Subordinate Courts shall remain suspended till 14-06-2020. It has further been ordered that

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NHRC issues notice to Uttar Pradesh Govt over reported death of a migrant worker due to hunger

Death of a Migrant worker due to hunger The National Human Rights Commission, NHRC, India has issued a notice to the Chief

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Telangana HC | State to ensure availability of ambulances on National and State Highways as migrant workers including of pregnant women are using highways to reach destination

Telangana High Court: A Division Bench of Raghvendra Singh Chauhan, CJ and B. Vijaysen Reddy, J. directed the State to ensure that ambulances

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Kar HC | State Government to consider a manner in which help can be extended to ‘Archaks’ who cannot be paid regular salary

Karnataka High Court: A Division Bench of Abhay Shreeniwas Oka, CJ and P. Krishna Bhat, J. asked the State Government to consider a

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Flying out? Check the Quarantine protocol adopted by different states

Travellers coming to India from international flights have to undergo 14 days quarantine which includes 7 days paid institutional quarantine and 7

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Kar HC | Reluctance of State Govt. to bear train fare of migrant workers, not in a position to pay the same will force them to continue to stay in the State

Karnataka High Court: A Division Bench of Abhay Shreeniwas Oka, CJ and B.V. Nagarathna, J. while deciding with regard to the issue

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Tourism Ministry extends validity period of Approval/Classifications of Hotels & other accommodation units till 30th June, 2020

The Ministry of Tourism classifies hotels under the star rating system to conform to the expected standards for different classes of tourists.

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Bom HC | Safe & Healthy travel is legitimate expectation and a concomitant to right to life: Air India directed to leave middle seat vacant in compliance with Circular dt. 23rd March, 2020

Bombay High Court: A Division Bench of R.D. Dhanuka and Abhay Ahuja, JJ. while addressing a petitiOn in regard to leaving the middle

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Lockdown | All HC | Court refuses to direct opening of Mosque/Idgah in Uttar Pradesh for offering of Namaj of Eid-Ul-Fitr and Dova

Allahabad High Court: A Division Bench of Govind Mathur, CJ and Siddhartha Varma, J. denied to interfere with the petition for seeking opening

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COVID-19 Lockdown | Violations of MHA Guidelines being reported at various places across the country

Strict Implementation of all measures in Government guidelines is essential to contain the spread of COVID-19. However, violations in the implementation of